British Association for American Studies Annual Conference, 27-30 March 2008

BAAS Annual Conference 2008

University of Edinburgh, 27-30 March 2008

The 53rd Annual Conference

The annual conference of the British Association for American Studies is a forum for research papers on any subject relating to the United States of America or to early America. It features papers across a wide range of disciplines, including history, literary studies, political science, cultural studies, film and media studies, and visual culture and art history, among others.

Plenary speakers include:

• Peter Dickinson (University of London and Keele University),
  'John Cage was All the Rage' (Eccles Centre Lecture)


• Brenda Gayle Plummer (University of Wisconsin--Madison),
  'Peace Was the Glue: Europe and African American Freedom.'


• Byron E. Shafer (University of Wisconsin--Madison),
  'Where are We in History? Political Orders and Political Eras in the Postwar United States' (Journal of American Studies Lecture).

The conference's location is the University's Pollock Halls. The address is 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY. Registration opens at 2pm on Thursday 27 March. This takes place in the foyer of Holland House's A block, within the South Hall Complex.

Please visit Edinburgh First's website for a map of Pollock's location within Edinburgh, together with a plan of the complex. Our on-line registration page contains some advice about travel to and within Edinburgh, as does VisitScotland's Edinburgh website.

We look forward to welcoming you to the conference.